Voice of america special english (voa) word book 1500 words

VOA Special English Word Book

1,510 Words

n. (noun) — a name wordv. (verb) — an action wordad. (adjective/adverb) — a describing wordprep. (preposition) — a word used to show a relationpro. (pronoun) — a word used in place of a nounconj. (conjunction) — a joining wordA

a (an) — ad. one; any; eachable — v. having the power to do somethingabout — ad. almost ("about half"); of or having a relation to ("We talk about the weather.")above — ad. at a higher placeabuse — n. bad treatment causing harm or injuryaccept — v. to agree to receiveaccident — n. something that happens by chance or mistake; an unplanned eventaccuse — v. to say a person is responsible for an act or crime; to make a statement against someoneacross — ad. from side to side; to the other sideact — v. to do somethingactivist — n. one who seeks change through actionactor — n. someone acting in a play or showadd — v. to put (something) with another to make it larger; to say moreadministration — n. the executive part of a government, usually headed by a president or prime ministeradmit — v. to accept ("admitted to the United Nations"); to express one's guilt or responsibility ("He admitted that what he did was wrong.")adult — n. a grown personadvertise — v. to show or present the qualities of a product to increase salesadvise — v. to help with information, knowledge or ideas in making a decisionaffect — v. to produce an effect on; to influence ("A lack of sleep affected the singer's performance.")afraid — ad. feeling fearafter — ad. later; behindagain — ad. another time; as beforeagainst — ad. opposed to; not agreeing with somethingage — n. how old a person or thing isagency — n. an organization that is part of a larger group ("an agency of the United Nations")aggression — n. an attack against a person or country; the violation of a country's bordersago — ad. of time past; before nowagree — v. to have the same belief as someone; to be willing to do somethingagriculture — n. farmingaid — v. to help; to support; n. help, assistanceaim — v. to point a gun at; n. a goal or purposeair — n. the mixture of gases around the earth, mostly nitrogen and oxygen, that we breatheair force — n. a military organization using airplanesairplane — n. a vehicle with wings that fliesairport — n. a place where airplanes take off and landalbum — n. a collection of recorded musicalcohol — n. a strong, colorless liquid, usually made from grain, used as a drug or in industrial productsalive — ad. having life; not deadall — ad. everything; everyone; the complete amountally — n. a nation or person joined with another for a special purposealmost — ad. a little less than completelyalone — ad. separated from othersalong — ad. near or on ("along the road")already — ad. before now; even nowalso — ad. added to; tooalthough — conj. even if it is true thatalways — ad. at all times; every timeambassador — n. a nation's highest diplomatic representative (to another government)amend — v. to add to or to change (a proposal or law)ammunition — n. the bullets or shells fired from gunsamong — ad. in or part of (a group)amount — n. the number, size or weight of anythinganarchy — n. a lack of order; lawlessnessancestor — n. a family member from the pastancient — ad. very old; long agoand — conj. also; in addition to; withanger — n. a strong emotion against someone or somethinganimal — n. a living creature that moves, such as a dog or catanniversary — n.